Water-closet bowl.



Nu; 706,990. Paiented Aug. 12, i902.

P. J. MCGUIRE.

WATER CLOSET BBWL.

(Application filed Nuv. 8, 1900.)

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(N0 Nlodelf) Patented Aug. l2, I902. P. .5. MGGLHRE.

WATER GLUSET BOWL.

(Application filed Nov. 8, 1000.)

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PATENT Urrioni CHAMPION SANITA R Y ENAM IJJVARE SYLVANIA.

WAT ER-CLOSET BGVl/L.

SE'EGIFEZCATION forming; part of Letters Patent No. 706,990, dated August 12, 1902.

Application filed November 8, 1900. Serial No. 35,846. (No modem 130 it known that i, PE'JER .l'. llli} hunt), a citizen of the United States of America, rcsiding at lllairsville, in the county ol"lndiana 5 andfvlatcof Pennsylvania, have invontodccrtain new and useful lin proveincnis in \Vator Ulosot Bowls; and I do hereby dcclarc the following to he a full, clear, and exact dcscriptioo thereof, reference being had to the i accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to now and useful improvements in water-closet howls.

In my former application, lilcd February f), 1900, the llushing-spiul oi the bowl was provided with a shouh'lcrcd portion to engage upon the concave surface of the bowl and a ported extension tlnwcon--to ilush the water against the lmwl-surl'ace. In this structure it has been found that the foreign matter aocumulatos around said shoulder, and thorel'ore, strictly speaking, is not sanitary. My object, therefore, is to overcome this di liiculty by providing a bowl wherein the spud-body fits [lush with and is of the same coucavit) as the bond-surface and the flushing-ports thereof on aline with said sui'iaco, therelrv insuring a perfect flush about the same.

I accomplish my o'ojoot by means ol' the ill provenicnts iilustratcul in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a side clovation of a closehhowl, partlyi section, and showing my improvements in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional View through a portion of the bowl and liushingspud, Fig. I is a front elevation of that portion of the bowl to which the flushing-spud is attached. Fig. l is a side elevatio 1 of the flushing-spud detached .0 from the howl. Fig. 5 is a. front elevation of said spud. Fig. is a rear elevation of the same, Fig 7 is a plan view of the nut eniployed to secure the spud to the bowl.

L1 allviows similar parts are designated by numerals of like dononiination.

,itcfcrring to the drawings, the nunicral l designates a bowl having a slnnrldcrml opening'tlfl'orrned through its rcarwvnll [or the rc- 'lho llushingspud cni ploycd in connection with the bowl copti'on jof the flushing-spud.

consists of a hollow hody 4-, threaded part way upon its interior and exterior, and is of such diameter as to easily enter the said opening in the bowl. An' annular flange or shoulder 5, having its surface 5" of the same coneavily as the howl, is formed upon ono end of the spud to engage within the shouldered portion oi the bowl flush wilh the surface thcrcot To prevent the spud from turning and insure the spud properly fitting in position flush with tho howl-surface, a pair ol' lugs o are fornmd thereon to engage within recesses 7, formed within the howl-opmiing. Across a portion oi the face or inner end of tho spud is formed a bridge s, having openings .3 at each side and an opening 10 at its lower end to permit the water to pass out. The spud is in sorted into the hi wl-opcni-ng in such manner that the thick portion of its flange engages that portion of the opening-shouldor which has a depth corres 'ioiulingly, in which positioii the lugs i of the spud will enter the reof the howl-opening and prevent said spud shil'i ing its position when the nut 11 is applied As the annular llange oi the spud is made in ciimi'ormty wi ih the shape of the shouldered portion of tho howl-opening and being oi? the same concavity on its face portion around the bridgo as that oi? the howl surface, it will no soon that the lit is perfectly flush, producing, as it were, an uninterrupted or (mntinuationol tho howl-surface. Again, it will he noted that tho' ,1penings U and ll) of the spud are llush with the bowl and spud surfaces, thereby preventing anf; aecuinulm tion of dirt at this point and permitting tho water to issue therefrom in a perfect lino around the hoxvi-waterway 13 to all points, as shown by the arrows at Fig. 1, without interruption or resistance of any kind.

in some cases it may he found more convcuicnt to cmploy a slip-joint instead of one of threaded form for connecting the sup ply-pipe to tho spud, and to prevont any pow sihility of the pipe loitering the spud to such distance as to intcrl'cro with the wator discharging outof the openings and 10 1 form upon the interior an abutment in the shape of thcsniall stud 11;,

Slight modifications may he made in the dothe'shouldered portion into the lesser portion 7 a shouldered flushing-spud of the opening,

bowlopening which is-profitt'ed into said vided at its rear end with a nut'to secure it therein and lugs upon the rear or engaging side of the shoulder to entersaid recesses, and a bridge formed upwardly across the shouldered face of the spud which is open at each side and is provided with an additional opening in its lower connecting end, the face of said spud around the bridge and at the lower edges of said openings being flush with and of the same concavity as that of the bowlsurfaoe, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of a closet'bowl having a shouldered opening formed through the wall thereof, and having recesses extending from the shouldered portion into the lesser portion, said shoulder having a greater depth at its lower side and decreasing proportionally therefrom at and toward the upper side in conformity with the concavity of the bowl-surface, a flushing-spud titted into said bowlopening which has a shouldered inner end to conformwith and fill the shouldered portion of said'opening, lugs formed upon the rear or formed upwardly across of the spud which is open at each side and hasengaging side of the spud-shoulder to enter the recesses in said bowl-opening, a bridge the shouldered face an additional opening at its lower connecting end, and a nut arranged upon the rear end of the spud to secure it to said bowl, the face of said spud around the bridge and at thelower edges of its openings being iiush with and of the same concavity as that of the bowl-surface, as and for the purpose set forth. a

3. The combination of a closet-bowl having a shouldered opening formed through the rear wall thereof with recesses in said opening, a shouldered spud fitted into said opening flush with the inner surface of the bowl,lugs formed upon said spud to engage within the recesses of'said opening, a bridge formed across the inner or shouldered end of said spud to cause water to issue from the sides thereof around the bowl, an opening in the lower end of said bridge through which a portion of the water flows downward,a nut arranged upon the rear of said spud to secure it to the bowl, and an abutment formed upon the interior of said spud.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER J. MUGUIRE.

\Vitnesses:

J ouu W. Fumes, G110. G. MEYER. 

